Job 36:20 Go deeper

Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place. (KJV)

Hebrew words tap a word

אַל\־'al-may not

Lemma: אַל (al) · Strong's: H0408

Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)

Meaning: not

Used 723 times. Also: Genesis 13:8, Genesis 15:1, Genesis 18:3, Genesis 18:30, Genesis 18:32, Genesis 19:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0408; TAHOT Job 36:20 word 1

תִּשְׁאַ֥ףtish.'Afyou long for

Lemma: שָׁאַף (sha.aph) · Strong's: H7602A

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqj2ms)

Meaning: to long for

Used 8 times. Also: Job 5:5, Job 7:2, Psalms 119:131, Ecclesiastes 1:5, Isaiah 42:14, Jeremiah 2:24 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7602A; TAHOT Job 36:20 word 2

הַלָּ֑יְלָהha.La.ye.lahthe night

Lemma: לַ֫יְלָה (lay.lah) · Strong's: H3915

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: night

Used 231 times. Also: Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 7:4, Genesis 7:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3915; TAHOT Job 36:20 word 3

לַעֲל֖וֹתla.'a.Lotto go up

Lemma: עָלָה (a.lah) · Strong's: H5927G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)

Meaning: to ascend: rise

Used 615 times. Also: Genesis 2:6, Genesis 13:1, Genesis 17:22, Genesis 19:28, Genesis 19:30, Genesis 24:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5927G; TAHOT Job 36:20 word 4

עַמִּ֣ים'a.Mimpeoples

Lemma: עַם (am) · Strong's: H5971A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: people

Used 1756 times. Also: Genesis 11:6, Genesis 14:16, Genesis 17:16, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 23:7, Genesis 23:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5971A; TAHOT Job 36:20 word 5

תַּחְתָּֽם\׃tach.Tamin place their

Lemma: תַּחַת (ta.chat) · Strong's: H8478I

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: underneath: stand

Used 27 times. Also: Genesis 41:35, Exodus 10:23, Exodus 16:29, Leviticus 13:23, Leviticus 13:28, Joshua 4:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8478I; TAHOT Job 36:20 word 6

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

Do not	→	אַל H0408 not
long for	→	שָׁאַף H7602A to long for
the night	→	לַ֫יְלָה H3915 night
when people	→	עַם H5971A people
vanish	→	עָלָה H5927G to ascend: rise
from their homes	→	תַּחַת H8478I underneath: stand

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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